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Ward Reservation

Ten miles of hills and trails with views of the Boston skyline

Trails link three major hills - Shrub, Boston, and Holt - and looking out from their summits you can see how the property melds with the surrounding landscape. The "Solstice Stones" mark the grassy summit of Holt Hill, the highest point in Essex County. This compass-like arrangement of stones indicates the cardinal points on the compass, the points of the summer and winter solstices, and the points of the spring and autumnal equinoxes.